2 Chronicles 6:23
21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
22 If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;
Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
24 And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;
25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.
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- BSB
- then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
- KJV
- Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
- WEB
- then hear from heaven, act, and judge your servants, bringing retribution to the wicked, to bring his way on his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
- ASV
- then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
- DARBY
- then hear thou from the heavens, and do, and judge thy servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, giving him according to his righteousness.
- BLB
- then may You hear from the heavens and act and judge Your servants, to give back to the wicked by bringing his way on his own head, and to justify the righteous by giving to him according to his righteousness.
- ÅB
- så vil du høre fra himmelen og gripe inn og hjelpe dine tjenere til deres rett, så du gjengjelder den skyldige og lar hans gjerninger komme over hans eget hode, og dømmer den rettferdige rettferdig og lar ham få etter sin rettferdighet.
- OTB
- da hør fra himmelen og handle, og døm Dine tjenere, bring rettferdighet til den onde ved å bringe hans vei på hans eget hode, og rettferdiggjør den rettferdige ved å belønne ham etter hans rettferdighet.
- B1930
- så vil du høre fra himmelen og gripe inn og hjelpe dine tjenere til deres rett, så du gjengjelder den skyldige og lar hans gjerninger komme over hans eget hode, og dømmer den rettferdige rettferdig og lar ham få efter sin rettferdighet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 51:56
Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.
Read in contextEzekiel 18:20
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Read in contextRomans 2:9–10
Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
Read in contextIsaiah 3:10–11
Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Read in contextProverbs 17:15
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
Read in contextJeremiah 28:16–17
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD.
Read in contextNumbers 5:27
And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
Read in contextProverbs 1:31
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
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